Connecticut western news., 1887-08-17
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns.

Forest fires are raging in the vicinity of Fort Wayne, Ind.
 Three tramps attacked Adolph Vineman at West Point, Ky. After robbing and beat ing him nearly to death they tied him to the railroad track and left him to his fate. His cries attracted attention and he was re- leased before the arrival of the train, which was overdue.
 It is reported at Halifax that Admiral Luce is to be relieved from the command of the North Atlantic station.
 The inmates of the Saltwater, Minn., penitentiary issued the first number of a monthly paper to be printed by them called the Mirror. It is sixteen-column paper, and full of interesting reading matter. Cole Younger is the printers devil" Younger is one of the famous Missouri bandits who are now serving life sentences in connection with the Northfield bank robbery.
 Fred Hopt, alias Welcome, was executed by shooting at Salt Lake for tho murder of John F. Turner in 1SS0.
 The entire business portion of San Fran cisco was shaken by the explosion of the giant powder works at West Berkley, six miles from that city. One Chinaman was killed and four white men and six Chinamen seriously injured Dan Pleasants was lynched at Baldwin, La., for cutting his stepdaughter's throat The mother of probably the largest fami- ly in America is Mrs. Annie Raush of Letart, Va, who has just celebrated her Tooth birth day. She was married at Is and bore thirteen children, eight of whom are living. She has ffty-two great-great-grandchild and her descendants number over 600.
 Cardinal Gibbons and the Right Rev. Bishop Henry c. Potter have accepted invita- tions to attend the Constitutional Centennial celebration at Philadelphia.
 The Governor of Texas has received tele- grams from Sheriff Olive of Williamson county stating that his deputy, Will Stanley, had been ambushed and assassinated, it is be- ieved, by John Barbour and Will Whitney. This is presumed to be out of revenge for the prosecution ill the McNeil station train rob bery case.
 A stock exchange will soon be opened in the City of Mexico.
 While cutting oats, Farmer Johnson of Oakland, Ill.,, found nest of fourteen rattle snakes. He had killed all but one when that one bit him, and Johnson died within an hour.
 Some high Chinese officials will arrive at San Francisco about the end of August on i'm portant business.
 A barn owned by the O. Ames & Son Com pany at North Easton, Mass, containing 100 tons of hay, seven horses and 8 number of cattle and hogs was burned. Loss, S15,OOO. Three United States mail sacks were found cut open near the Missouri Pacific depot at Wyandotte, Kan., and the contents of the sacks, about 500 letters, had been carried off The principal business portion of Needles, Cal, was burned. Loss, $60, GOO.
 John Doors, while misbehaving at picnic in Galloway county, Ky, was fatally shot by Frank Collie, the manager of the affair. Doors drew his knife and fatally cut Collie as he fell dead at Collie's feet.
 A four-foot vein of camel coal has been found at Cloverport, Ky.
 A plot to wreck the Council Bluffs and Chicago east-bound train on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific road was discov- cred near Iowa City. The engineer brought the train to full stop before the engine had touched 8 rail from which the spikes had been pulled.
 Marshal Hill, in New York city, evicted the families of ten of the locked-out cigar makers formerly in the employ of Jacob Stahl, Jr., & Co. There was no disturbance.
 A big bull dog, owned by E. D. Kid, a farmer residing near Mary yspille, Tenn, sud- denly became mad. The animal attacked Emil, the 18-year-old son of Kid. A fierce struggle ensued, and the youth seized shot gun to kill the dog. The gun exploded, mak- ing bad wound in young Kids head. The boy, bleeding and almost unconscious, struck the dog powerful blow on the head with the gun barrel, killing the brute instantly, and then he himself fell to the ground insensible. The liquor dealers are going to make a hard fight against the prohibitionists in Ten nessee.
 New York and Pittsburg capitalists have just paid S1 ,O0O, 900 for lumber lands in Geor- gia and South Carolina.
 -Pleuro-pneumonia continues to be severe among the cattle of Delaware County, N. Y., especially so at Walton. It is proposed by the United States Government to quarantine the county. The inspectors are still on duty, and many cattle have been killed. Two employees of the Charlier Natural Gas Company were asphyxiated while making repairs in Allegheney City, Pa. -Engineer-in-Chief Charles H. Loring has resigned as head of the Bureau of Steam En- gineering, Navy Department, and Chief Engi- by the President in his place. The resignation has no connection with the matter of repairing the Palos.
 Mir. Herbert o. Allen waylaid and beat ter ribly ex-Mayor Wheaton, of Detroit, for an alleged insult to Mrs. Allen. l While party of fAnti-Prohibitionists were | celebrating the result of the election at Fort | Worth, Tex, a sky rocket struck an open keg of powder, causing terrific explosion. Three boys were so badly injured that they died in a few hours, and two others were seriously burn | ed.
 Gov. Davis of Rhode Island has decided to appoint commission to investigate the al | leged abuses at Cranston.
 Edward s. Davis, e1-Mayor of Lynn
 
 men, d.ed, aged 79 years.
 Charles Macard and Michael O'Hara farmers, living near Grand Rapid, Mich. have quarrelled for over year about the pos session of piece of land. Macard was a his fathers house when O'Hara came along with shotgun on his shoulder, which he ha habitually carried since the trouble. Will liam Macard got a gun from the house and | Charles crept down to the roadside and shot O'Hara killing him instantly.
 The Massachusetts Commissioners or Contagious Diseases among Domestic Animals have established 8 quarantine against cattl, from New York State.
 at Topeka, Kan. W. H. Clemens, tie loca agitator, urged the tearing down of police courts and jails, and said if the Chicago Hay market scene was repeated the authorities would be to blamo. There was talk of dis persing the meeting by the police, but there was no collision After the crowd left tn, park reporter was pointed out by Clemen: and came near being mobbcd.
 Bids were opened in Washington for tht construction of three additional cruisers ant two more gunboats for the navy.
 The majority against Prohibition in Texa is nearly 90, coo.
 A heavy rain in Wisconsin put an end t the drought which had prevailed for tw months. The hurricane which accompanie tuc Ehiu ueuouSuou tue grand stand at NH waukee fair ground.
 While the Grand Army is at St. Louis i September an excursion will be made to tn tomb of Lincoln, at Springfield, Ill.
 Lord and Lady Herschell have arrived a Newport, R. I. Lord Herschell was LOT, Chancellor of England during the last Glad stone administration, and is now chairman o the committee on silver recently appointed b the House of Commons to investigate tn causes of the continued depreciation of tha metal. After & weeks visit he will go to Mon treal, and then to San Francisco, where h will investigatD the production of silver H will return, to England in October.
 Charles Williams, confined in iail in I,oea county, West Virginis, for the murder c James Adridge, Surveyor of the county, a fe, days ago, was hanged to g tree by citizens.
 Gov. Bartlett of California is seriously i